tags 583520 wontfix thanks >>> Perhaps also mention somewhere that if the user does not have a net >>> connection during package install, he can instead just download URL A on >>> a machine that does, and then copy it into file B. > > TV> That sounds good, I guess we could add this to a README file and/or > TV> have it displayed by the prism2-usb-firmware-installer postinst if > TV> downloading fails. > > Let's not have the disconnected user give up before even starting. > Therefore even have the workaround instructions also in the package > Description.
The downloaded files also need converting, so it is not as easy as just downloading and copying. We had the linux-wlan-ng-firmware package that shipped a script that when run, downloaded firmware files and created a new debian package, which the user could then transfer to any computer the wa
